Motor-wagon.



Wihnes H. M. KINNEY.

MOTOR WAGON.

APPLIOATION'IILED 11111.12, 1911.

1,030,735. Patented June 25, 1912.

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WifmesseS lnvemor TTED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY IVL. KINNEY, 0F WINONA, MINNESOTA, ASSIG-NOR TO WINONA WAGON GOM-PANY, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION.

MOTOR-WAGON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. KINNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winona, in the county of Winona and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful .Motor-lV-agon, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists broadly of the application of an internalcombustion engine to the running gears of an ordinary farm wagon, theengine being designed to fit on the wagon gear with only a few slightchanges in the form of the ordinary wagon gears.

The tongue is removed from the wagon and the engine attached under therear axle, a special raised axle being used for the purpose.

A special steering gear is attached to the two front wheels and meansprovided whereby the operator may control the engine and steer the frontwheels from one position on the wagon. Driving power is transmitted fromthe engine and transmitted to the two rear wheels by means of chainsrunning over sprocket wheels attached to the two rear wheels of therunning gears.

The engine may be taken off and the wagon drawn by horses in the usualmanner whenever desired.

In order to enable those familiar with the art to which my inventionrelates to more fully understand the merits thereof reference is made tothe accompanying drawing in which like figures of reference denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferredconstruction of my machine. Fig. 2 is a partly broken away plan viewwith some parts omitted. Fig. 3 is a rear view and Fig. 1 is a partlysectional detail of the transmission gears.

As will be seen in Fig. 1 an internal combustion engine 1 is mountedunder the rear axle 2 of a common farm wagon, the axle 2 Fig. 3) beingraised to a sufficient height to give the engine ample road clearance.Extension arms 3, 3 depend downward from each side of the rear axle 2forming a support for anchor rods 1, 4 extending from the lower part ofthe engine 1. A channel bar 5 extends horizontally across the wagoncarrying beneath it the counter shaft 6 which is divided, its two partsbeing connected by a differential gearing 7 in the usual manner.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 12, 1911.

Patented June 25, 1912. Serial No. 643,764.

fuel tank 13 is carried below the muffier 12.

The crank shaft 14; of the engine 1 is elongated and carries a specialspeed transmission gearing shown most plalnly in Fig. 4;.

A fly-wheel 15 is mounted on the crank shaft 14 and integrally connectedtherewith and is provided with an inner coned friction face. A combinedsleeve and driving gear wheel 16 is loosely mounted on the crank shaft14; and carries at either end a sliding grooved sleeve 17 and 18, bothsleeves being feather keyed to the long sleeve 16.

The sleeve 17 is provided with a coned friction face adapted to engagethe coned inner friction face of the fly-wheel 15 when moved to itsextreme position to the left, thus driving the sleeve and gear wheel 16forward at the same speed asthe fly-wheel 15 and crank shaft 14. Thesleeve 18 is provided with aplurality of lugs 22 adapted to fit intoslots in the two brake wheels 19, 20. A spur gear wheel 21 is integrallyconnected to the crank-shaft 14 and engages a plurality of planetarygears carried by the brake wheel 20. These planetary gears in turnengage the teeth of an internal gear on the inner surface of the brakewheel 19. It will thus be seen that when a brake is applied to the brakewheel 19, and the sleeve 18 is thrown to the right until its lugs 22engage the slots in the brake wheel 20, the sleeve and gear 16 will bedriven at a slower speed ahead than when connected to the flywheeldirect by means of the frictions 15, 17. l/Vhen a brake is applied tothe brake wheel 20 and the sleeve 18 is thrown to its extreme positionto the left until its lugs 22 engage the slots in the brake wheel 19,the gear 16 will be driven in a slow reverse direction. The driving gear16 engages the outer teeth of the gear 7 thus driving the counter shaftin the desired direction. Small sprocket wheels 23, 23 drive two chains24, 24: which run over large sprockets 25, 25 attached to the rearwheels 26, 26 of the wagon gear. The brake bands are notshown onthebrake Wheels in the drawings, the entire control being omitted withexception of the lever 27 and rods 28, 29 in Fig. 1.

The front wheels 30, 30 are connected with the rear wheels 26, 26 bymeans of the usual reach 8. A special steering device is employedembodying two drums 31, 32 inte- 35 to the bracket 33 where its otherend is fastened. Another cable is fastened to the bracket 33 and passingthrough the channel 35 is loosely wrapped around the drum 32 thence overpulleys 41, 42, 43 and through the bent channel 35 is secured by itsother end to the bracket 33. By means of the hand lever 44, the crank 46and link 47, the swiveled bar 38 with its two tightener pulleys 37 42may be shifted back and forth on its axis thus alternately tighteningand loosening the cables 34, 40 and causing them to alternately grip thedrums 31, 32 as the front wheels 30, 30 turn and thus to turn the frontaxle 48 with its two wheels 30, 30 to steer the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what ing arms, said power plantincluding connections to each of said wheels for rotating the same.

2. A motor wagon comprlslng a transverse frame member formed with meansfor receiving a wagon box directly upon the upper surface thereof,depending arms formed integrally on and adjacentthe ends of saidtransverse member, axle stubs extending outwardly from said armsintermediate the ends thereof, traction wheels on said axle stubs, aframe system secured to said depending arms by longitudinal bolts, apower plant secured to said frame system and to the transverse member,said power plant including connections to each of said wheels forrotating the same.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. KINNEY. Witnesses:

R. W. PIERCE,

ALTON L. WYMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. Q.

